Astley won a silver medal for Canada at the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer just a few months after making his NHL debut on October 12, 1993 for the Sabres. He had shown some scoring promise at Lake Superior State University where he played four years and was drafted by Buffalo 194th overall in 1989.

Astley failed to make the Sabres immediately, though, so he went to Europe to play for a couple of years, playing for teams in the Swiss league. He then played for parts of two years with Canada's National team in preparation for Lillehammer, after which he joined the Sabres part-time for the next two seasons.

Astley played all of 1995-1996 with Buffalo, his only legitimate year in the NHL, but the Sabres released him at season's end. He signed with Los Angeles, but the Kings also relegated him to the minors, and after a year he returned to Europe, in 1997, after it became apparent he wasn't going to make it full-time in North America.

Over the past six years, the Calgary, Alberta native has been playing in Lugano, Switerland.

REGULAR SEASON

PLAYOFFS

Season

Club

League

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

+/-

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

1986-87

Calgary Royals

AMHL

1987-88

Calgary Canucks

AJHL

52

25

39

64

106

25

9

12

21

1988-89

Lake Superior State

CCHA

42

3

12

15

26

1989-90

Lake Superior State

CCHA

43

7

25

32

29

1990-91

Lake Superior State

CCHA

45

19

27

46

50

1991-92

Lake Superior State

CCHA

39

11

36

47

65

1991-92

Canada

Nat-Tm

11

2

2

4

6

1992-93

HC Lugano

Swiss

30

10

12

22

57

1992-93

Canada

Nat-Tm

22

4

14

18

14

1993-94

HC Ambri-Piotta

Swiss

23

5

9

14

17

1993-94

Canada

Nat-Tm

13

4

8

12

6

1993-94

Canada

Olympics

8

0

1

1

4

1993-94

Buffalo Sabres

NHL

1

0

0

0

0

-1

1994-95

Buffalo Sabres

NHL

14

2

1

3

12

-2

2

0

0

0

0

1994-95

Rochester Americans

AHL

46

5

24

29

49

3

0

2

2

2

1995-96

Buffalo Sabres

NHL

60

2

18

20

80

-12

1996-97

Phoenix Roadrunners

IHL

52

6

11

17

43

1997-98

HC Lugano

Swiss

19

1

5

6

19

4

0

1

1

0

1998-99

HC Lugano

Swiss

41

3

2

5

30

16

1

3

4

33

1999-00

HC Lugano

Swiss

40

1

13

14

46

13

0

5

5

14

1999-00

HC Lugano

EuroHL

6

0

1

1

8

4

0

0

0

4

2000-01

HC Lugano

Swiss

5

1

3

4

2

18

1

2

3

12

2001-02

HC Lugano

Swiss

37

0

10

10

83

13

2

3

5

10

2002-03

HC Lugano

Swiss

38

4

16

20

93

16

0

4

4

38

2003-04

HC Lugano

Swiss

42

6

12

18

95

13

1

4

5

58

2004-05

SCL Tigers Langnau

Swiss

44

1

8

9

36

6

0

0

0

4

2005-06

EHC Basel

Swiss

43

6

9

15

76

5

0

1

1

12

2006-07

EHC Basel

Swiss

29

4

7

11

90

13

3

3

6

14

NHL Totals

75

4

19

23

92

2

0

0

0

0

CCHA Second All-Star Team (1991) CCHA First All-Star Team (1992) NCAA West First All-American Team (1992) NCAA All-Tournament Team (1992)